Amarapura

E280690
city former capital city

Amarapura is a former royal city in Myanmar renowned for its role as an early Burmese capital and for landmarks such as the U Bein Bridge.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Amarapura canonical 10
Amarapura, Myanmar 1
Mindon Min 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Mandalay District ⓘ
capitalPeriodEnd 1821 ⓘ
1857 ⓘ
capitalPeriodStart 1783 ⓘ
1842 ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ
foundedBy Bodawpaya ⓘ
surface form: King Bodawpaya
foundedIn 1783 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity textile production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage Burmese royal architecture ⓘ
hasStructure Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda ⓘ
surface form: Kyauktawgyi Pagoda

Pahtodawgyi Pagoda ⓘ
U Bein Bridge ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction sunset views at U Bein Bridge ⓘ
hasTourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
historicalEvent relocation of royal court from Ava ⓘ
relocation of royal court to Mandalay ⓘ
historicalRegion Upper Burma ⓘ
knownAs Amarapura ⓘ
surface form: Amarapura, Myanmar
language Burmese ⓘ
locatedIn Mandalay Region ⓘ
locatedNear Mandalay ⓘ
locatedOn Irrawaddy River ⓘ
surface form: Ayeyarwady River

Irrawaddy River ⓘ
nameMeaning City of Immortality ⓘ
notableFor Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
U Bein Bridge ⓘ
traditional cotton weaving ⓘ
traditional silk weaving ⓘ
partOf Amarapura Township ⓘ
regionType suburban area of Mandalay ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
replacedAsCapitalBy Ava ⓘ
Mandalay ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
transportConnection Mandalay–Pyin Oo Lwin road ⓘ
UTCOffset +6:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Burma → historicalCapital → Amarapura ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty → capital → Amarapura ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty → notableRuler → Amarapura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mindon Min
Mandalay Region → containsTown → Amarapura ⓘ
Mandalay Region → containsHeritageSite → Amarapura ⓘ
Mandalay Region → containsFormerCapital → Amarapura ⓘ
Ava → succeededByCapital → Amarapura ⓘ
Kingdom of Burma → capital → Amarapura ⓘ
King Mindon → birthPlace → Amarapura ⓘ
King Mindon → capitalRelocatedFrom → Amarapura ⓘ
Amarapura → knownAs → Amarapura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amarapura, Myanmar
King Bagyidaw → placeOfBirth → Amarapura ⓘ